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Psst: Fast Spotify client with native GUI, without Electron, built in Rust https://github.com/jpochyla/psst https://github.com/jpochyla/psst 20210816 https:/

Psst: Fast Spotify client with native GUI, without Electron, built in Rust https://github.com/jpochyla/psst https://github.com/jpochyla/psst 20210816 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28203654 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28203654

jnovek 4y ago
Psst seems to be missing a lot of basic functionality at this point. E.g. you can't reorder albums, they are presented in the order they were added to your library. It's promising but I can't see myself using it day-to-day in its current state. I wish there was a mature, non-Electron Spotify client that worked in Linux. I just use the web because the official Linux client is so flaky.
- password4321 4y ago
  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28203654#28207594 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28203654#28207594 > https://github.com/hrkfdn/ncspot https://github.com/hrkfdn/ncspot https://github.com/Rigellute/spotify-tui https://github.com/Rigellute/spotify-tui https://github.com/xou816/spot https://github.com/xou816/spot https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28203654&p=2#28206619 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28203654&p=2#28206619 > macOs … https://github.com/toothbrush/Spotiqueue https://github.com/toothbrush/Spotiqueue
  - shaunsingh0207 4y ago
    Spotify-tui is the only one that implements connect functionality, and even then it doesn't have the extended auto-mixes that spotify plays when you're playlist ends. I'm glad there are options for alternative native clients, but none of them are anywhere near feature parity with the official client
- Cthulhu_ 4y ago
  > Very early in development, lacking in features, stability, and general user experience.
Cthulhu_ 4y ago
I wish there was more movement in the native GUI space, at the moment it feels like everything (even official clients from companies that have the funds to have native developers for every platform) are built in a web technology. It feels like you get the OS's native toolkit - which is fine, it just means you can't easily have one design across multiple operating systems - and tools like QT which go back decades. I know there's some GUI toolkits for new languages like Go and Rust, but they're often very barebones and since there's no commercial interest in them, they don't develop into full-scale native UI libraries. I mean as a compromise, is React Native a thing for desktop applications yet?

jnovek 4y ago

Psst seems to be missing a lot of basic functionality at this point. E.g. you can't reorder albums, they are presented in the order they were added to your library. It's promising but I can't see myself using it day-to-day in its current state. I wish there was a mature, non-Electron Spotify client that worked in Linux. I just use the web because the official Linux client is so flaky.

password4321 4y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28203654#28207594 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28203654#28207594 > https://github.com/hrkfdn/ncspot https://github.com/hrkfdn/ncspot https://github.com/Rigellute/spotify-tui https://github.com/Rigellute/spotify-tui https://github.com/xou816/spot https://github.com/xou816/spot https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28203654&p=2#28206619 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28203654&p=2#28206619 > macOs … https://github.com/toothbrush/Spotiqueue https://github.com/toothbrush/Spotiqueue
- shaunsingh0207 4y ago
  Spotify-tui is the only one that implements connect functionality, and even then it doesn't have the extended auto-mixes that spotify plays when you're playlist ends. I'm glad there are options for alternative native clients, but none of them are anywhere near feature parity with the official client
Cthulhu_ 4y ago
> Very early in development, lacking in features, stability, and general user experience.

Cthulhu_ 4y ago

I wish there was more movement in the native GUI space, at the moment it feels like everything (even official clients from companies that have the funds to have native developers for every platform) are built in a web technology. It feels like you get the OS's native toolkit - which is fine, it just means you can't easily have one design across multiple operating systems - and tools like QT which go back decades. I know there's some GUI toolkits for new languages like Go and Rust, but they're often very barebones and since there's no commercial interest in them, they don't develop into full-scale native UI libraries. I mean as a compromise, is React Native a thing for desktop applications yet?